The Builders Risk Book

Written by highly regarded insurance experts, The Builders Risk Book provides key insight and practical guidance into a number of cutting-edge areas, such as delay coverage and green construction, that are barely touched by most other publications. Builders risk insurance is the backbone of every construction project's insurance program because it provides a means for critical funding to quickly repair damages following a loss and get the project back on track. With so much at stake, those who develop, underwrite, sell, and purchase such policies need authoritative resources to guide them in structuring builders risk policies and coverages that adequately respond to stakeholders' needs. The Builders Risk Book delivers with an understanding of the laws governing builders risk insurance, knowledge of the risk exposures and contract requirements that must be satisfied, and specific advice for structuring the best coverage terms. Written by highly regarded insurance experts, it provides key insight and practical guidance into a number of cutting-edge areas, such as delay coverage and green construction, that are barely touched by most other publications. Helpful all the way from groundbreaking through final closeout of the project and beyond, The Builders Risk Book also offers a myriad of suggestions for avoiding the pitfalls experienced by others, based on the authors' analyses of well over 100 cases (cited in the book) and their own personal experience.